NRSG 1360 - Pharmacology in Nursing

Credit hours: 3

Course Description:
This course applies the core concepts that provide the basis for knowledge, skills and attitudes that are essential for providing safe pharmacological management for patients with a variety of alterations in health.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to meet the eight (8) core competencies related to safe nursing care as evidenced by:

Professional Behavior: Identify ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks of nursing and standards of professional nursing practice.
Communication: Define the components of effective communication.
Assessment: Identify subjective and objective which relate to actual or potential health alterations.
Clinical Decision Making: Recognize how clinical decision making relates to providing safe and effective evidence-based nursing care.
Caring Interventions: Identify caring interventions that incorporate principles of dignity, diversity, safety, and knowledge.
Teaching and Learning: Define the components of an individualized basic teaching plan to meet the learning needs of patients, families, and/or groups.
Collaboration: Identify the roles of various members of the health care team.
Managing Care: Recognize the various aspects of managing care.